Increased fuel burn up in a CANDU thorium reactor using weapon grade plutonium

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 236, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 1778-1788

  Şahin, Sümer ^a   Yildiz, Kadir ^b   Şahin, Haci Mehmet ^a   Şahin, Necmettin ^b   Acir, Adem ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NIGDE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM; NUCLEAR FUEL CLADDING; NUCLEAR FUELS; PLUTONIUM; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; THORIUM; URANIUM;

CANADA DEUTERIUM URANIUM (CANDU) FUEL; CANDU THORIUM REACTOR; WEAPON GRADE PLUTONIUM;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 33745191383     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2006.01.014     Document Type: Article

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